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Freescale Semiconductor unveiled the world’s highest power LDMOS RF power transistor. The MRF6VP11KH device delivers pulsed RF output power of 1 kW at 130 MHz and features the highest drain efficiency and power gain of any device in its class. This ultra-efficient transistor is the latest example of Freescale’s...

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced the introduction of the RF393X family of 48 V gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors. The RF393X product family offers power performance from 10 to 120 W and very wide tunable bandwidth, demonstrating the superior combination of high power and bandwidth offered by RFMD’s GaN...

Sirenza Microdevices announced the production release of the SPF-5043Z and SPF-5122Z high performance enhancement mode PHEMT MMIC low noise amplifiers (LNA). These LNAs offer sub-1 dB noise figure and high linearity in an easy-to-use active-biased gain block configuration. Fully integrated impedance matching circuitry eliminates the need for external matching...

Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced enhancements to the world’s fastest signal analyzer, the Agilent N9020A MXA signal analyzer, including the ability to create complete instrument security via CPU and hard disk drive (HDD) removal. Also featuring a new phase-noise measurement application, MATLAB drivers, time gating and an enhanced 802.16 OFDMA...

K&L Microwave is featuring its rugged FV series of filters in booth 1100. The 6FV20-8180/U680-O/O is part of the company's rugged FV series of products. These products have high reliability due to their relatively simple mechanical construction. The simplicity of the unit’s construction and high reliability makes it suitable...

American Microwave Corp. announced that it will feature model LVD-709804-50- 7193141 Option CS in booth 1744. LVD-709804-50- 7193141 Option CS This model is a 7.9 to 8.4 GHz, DC coupled detector log video amplifier for continuous wave applications. It includes an input low pass filter, temperature sensor circuitry, MIL-STD-461E...

American Microwave Corp. offers model AGTN-0320-60DD-100, a digitally-controlled variable attenuator with 60 dB dynamic range. The unit is designed to operate between the 0.1 to 20 GHz frequency range with an insertion loss of 5 dB maximum, switching time of 1 μS typical (100 ns goal) and a VSWR...

Hittite Microwave Corp. has introduced a GaAs MMIC x2 active frequency multiplier that is ideal for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios, VSAT, telecom, test instrumentation, military, space and fiber optics applications from 8 to 21 GHz. The HMC561 is a broadband x2 active frequency multiplier die that utilizes GaAs PHEMT...

Infineon Technologies announced a new family of transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diode arrays intended specifically to protect controller area network (CAN) automotive control networks and industrial bus systems from voltage spikes as high as 30 kV. The new dual-channel bi-directional and uni-directional ESD24V diode arrays are available in the...

Tyco Electronics announced the expansion of the M/A-COM RFID reader module line to include new in-phase/quadrature (I/Q), source and transmit modules. The new M/A-COM RFID reader modules are ideal for a variety of applications, specifically those that require high performance, flexible and compact features. Receive I/Q Modules The MAIA-007860-000100,...